Soundtheory – Gullfoss (Review)
Today we’re taking a look at a music production plugin that started a lot of conversation among composer communities lately, for being some sort of magic “better-maker”. I’m talking about Gullfoss by Soundtheory. What exactly is Gullfoss? Well, that’s really not that easy to say.
Trailer Music Basics (Course Review)
Today we’re having a look at Trailer Music Academy’s new online course Trailer Music Basics: a course designed to teach you the essentials of building a successful and sustainable career as a music producer for trailers.
Red Room Audio releases Sounds From Hell
Red Room Audio just released a brand-new sound design series called Sounds From Hell! Sounds From Hell is a multi-chapter product series for Kontakt, which is geared towards composers who want to spice up their productions with gripping horror, suspense, sci-fi, and action sound design.
Keepforest – Ferrum (Review)
Keepforest is back with a new, hard-hitting sample library: Ferrum – Modern Trailer Percussion. As the caption suggests, Ferrum is a massive percussion instrument geared towards trailer music and cinematic music production. It offers a large collection of highly processed cinematic percussion that ranges from epic trailer hits and ensemble drums to various metals, cymbals, foley percussion, and more.
Orchestral Tools – Inspire Bundle for SINE (Review)
The Inspire SINE Bundle combines the two symphonic orchestral libraries Berlin Orchestra Inspire 1 and Berlin Orchestra Inspire 2, which are designed as a comprehensive sketching tool for modern-day film composers. The samples are taken from Orchestral Tools’ flagship Berlin series and were streamlined for composers with smaller setups or mobile working environments.
Performance Samples Releases Oceania II
With Oceania II, Performance Samples just released the sequel to their powerful and highly popular symphonic choir library Oceania. The new Oceania II…
Softube – Amp Room (Review)
Today we’re having a look at Softube’s new guitar amp simulation plugin Amp Room, together with its first expansion, the Marshall Amp & Cabinet Collection.
Featuring 6 amplifiers, 16 cabinets, 10 effects pedals, 3 studio effects, 8 utility modules, Amp Room offers a luxurious virtual recording studio that is equally accessible for both aspiring newcomers and veteran guitar and bass enthusiasts.
Heavyocity – Damage 2 (Review)
New York-based sample library developer Heavyocity just released Damage 2, the successor to probably one of the best-selling and most widely used cinematic percussion libraries on the market. Damage 2 comes with a huge collection of freshly recorded and processed percussion goodness and seeks to up the ante with massively brutal drum sound design.
8Dio – Hybrid Tools Phenex Bundle (Review)
Phenex is the latest addition to 8Dio’s massively popular Hybrid Tools series of cinematic sound design products. In contrast to its predecessors though, this new sample library isn’t so much about spectacular sound effects like impacts, risers, drones, and the like, but focuses more on the musical, evocative side of production.
Orchestral Tools – Junkie XL Brass (Review)
In this review, we’re having a look at Orchestral Tools’ most ambitious project to date: Junkie XL Brass. Featuring a top-class collaboration and a huge 37-piece orchestral brass section recorded in one of Europe’s finest scoring stages, Junkie XL Brass seeks to set a new standard in orchestral sampling.